狙い撃ち

ねらいうち
shooting
sniping

* * *

ねらいうち【狙い撃ち】

snipe

〖C〗狙撃.

¶ → 狙い撃ちする

* * *

ねらいうち【狙い撃ち】

sharpshooting. [⇒そげき]

～する

●雄鹿だけをねらい撃ちした. I took careful aim and shot only at the buck (deer).

・この法律改正は正業を装う暴力団をねらい撃ちするものであった. Amendment of the law was aimed squarely at crime syndicates that disguise themselves as legitimate businesses.

・その原料の輸入制限は町の小さな工場をねらい撃ちする結果となった. Restrictions on the import of the raw material ended up impacting squarely on the town's small-time workshops.

●ねらい撃ちにする shoot at 《enemy soldiers》 (one by one); snipe at sb; pick off 《one's pursuers》.